Ezekiel 33 (NET)

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Ezekiel 33:1¹The Lord’ s message came to me:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Ezekiel 33:2²“Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 33:30 Ezek 14:17 Ezek 3:11 Ezek 33:17 Ezek 3:27 Isa 62:6 Jer 15:2-3 Zech 13:7 2 Kgs 9:17-20 2 Sam 18:24-27

Ezekiel 33:3³He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Hos 8:1 Neh 4:20 Isa 58:1 Joel 2:1 Neh 4:18 Ezek 33:8-9 Jer 4:5 Jer 51:27 Jer 6:1

Ezekiel 33:4⁴but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:13 Acts 18:6 Ezek 33:9 Jer 6:17 2 Chr 25:16 Ezek 33:5 Zech 1:2-4 1 Kgs 2:37 2 Sam 1:16 Acts 20:26

Ezekiel 33:5⁵He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 9:19-21 Heb 11:7 John 8:39 2 Kgs 6:10 Acts 2:37-41 Heb 2:1-3 Isa 51:2 Ps 95:7

Ezekiel 33:6⁶But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 3:18-20 2 Sam 4:11 Ezek 33:8-9 Gen 42:22 Ezek 18:20 Gen 9:5 Ezek 18:24 Ezek 34:10 John 8:21-24 Isa 56:10-11

Ezekiel 33:7⁷“As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 26:2 Ezek 3:17-21 Ezek 2:7-8 Acts 5:20 Heb 13:17 Isa 62:6 Jer 1:17 1 Thess 4:1-2 1 Kgs 22:16-28 2 Chr 19:10

Ezekiel 33:8⁸When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ and you do not warn the wicked about his behavior, the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 20:26-27 Ezek 33:6 Ezek 33:14 Ezek 18:4 Ezek 18:20 Gen 3:4 Ezek 18:18 Isa 3:11 Jer 8:11-13 Prov 11:21

Ezekiel 33:9⁹But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 3:19 Acts 20:26 Ezek 3:21 Prov 15:10 1 Thess 4:3-8 1 Thess 5:14 2 Cor 2:15-17 Acts 13:40 Acts 18:5-6 Acts 28:23-28

Ezekiel 33:10¹⁰“And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you have said: “Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 37:11 Isa 49:14 Ezek 24:23 Ezek 4:17 Lev 26:39 Isa 51:20 Jer 2:25 Ps 130:7

Ezekiel 33:11¹¹Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Tim 2:4 Ezek 18:23 2 Pet 3:9 Isa 55:6-7 Acts 3:19 Prov 8:36 Ezek 18:30-32 Jer 3:22 Luke 15:20-32 Prov 1:23

Ezekiel 33:12¹²“And you, son of man, say to your people, ‘The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Chr 7:14 Ezek 33:18-19 Rom 3:25 1 John 2:1 1 Kgs 8:48-50 Ezek 18:21 Ezek 18:24-32 Ezek 3:20-21 Ezek 33:2 Matt 21:28-31

Ezekiel 33:13¹³Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:24 Heb 10:38 Ezek 18:4 Ezek 3:20 Luke 18:9-14 1 John 2:19 2 Pet 2:20-22 Phil 3:9 Rom 10:3

Ezekiel 33:14¹⁴Suppose I say to the wicked, ‘You must certainly die,’ but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:27 Ezek 33:8 Hos 14:1 Isa 55:7 Jer 18:7-8 Mic 6:8 Prov 28:13 Acts 3:19 Ezek 18:21 Ezek 3:18-19

Ezekiel 33:15¹⁵He returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, committing no iniquity. He will certainly live—he will not die.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 20:11 Luke 19:8 Exod 22:1-4 Ezek 18:7 Lev 18:5 Lev 6:2-5 Ps 119:93 Amos 2:8 Deut 24:10-13 Deut 24:17

Ezekiel 33:16¹⁶None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:22 Isa 43:25 Mic 7:18-19 Isa 1:18 Isa 44:22 Rom 5:16 1 John 2:1-3 Rom 5:21

Ezekiel 33:17¹⁷“Yet your people say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right,’ when it is their behavior that is not right.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:25 Ezek 18:29 Matt 25:24-26 Ezek 33:20 Job 35:2 Job 40:8 Luke 19:21-22

Ezekiel 33:18¹⁸When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 33:12-13 2 Pet 2:20-22 Heb 10:38 Ezek 18:26-27 Ezek 3:20

Ezekiel 33:19¹⁹When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 18:27-28 Ezek 33:14

Ezekiel 33:20²⁰Yet you say, ‘The behavior of the Lord is not right.’ House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 16:27 Ezek 18:25 2 Cor 5:10 Eccl 12:14 Ezek 18:29-30 Ezek 33:17 John 5:29 Prov 19:3 Ps 62:12 Rev 20:12-15

Ezekiel 33:21²¹In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, a refugee came to me from Jerusalem saying, “The city has been defeated!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 1:2 2 Chr 36:17-21 2 Kgs 24:4-7 2 Kgs 25:10 2 Kgs 25:4 Ezek 24:26-27 Ezek 32:1 Ezek 40:1 Jer 39:1-8 Jer 52:4-14

Ezekiel 33:22²²Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was able to speak once more.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 1:3 Ezek 24:26-27 Ezek 3:26-27 Ezek 37:1 Ezek 3:22 Ezek 40:1 Luke 1:64

Ezekiel 33:23²³The Lord ’s message came to me:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Ezekiel 33:24²⁴“Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 7:5 Ezek 33:27 Isa 51:2 Ezek 36:4 Jer 40:7 Luke 3:8 Jer 39:10 Matt 3:9 Rom 4:12 1 Thess 5:3

Ezekiel 33:25²⁵Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, pray to your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess the land?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 12:16 Gen 9:4 Jer 7:9-10 Ezek 18:6 Ezek 22:27 Ezek 22:6 Lev 3:17 1 Sam 14:32-34 Acts 15:20-21 Acts 15:29

Ezekiel 33:26²⁶You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor’s wife. Will you possess the land?’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 27:40 Mic 2:1-2 Zeph 3:3 1 Kgs 11:5-7 1 Pet 4:3 1 Sam 2:30 Deut 29:18-23 Deut 4:25-26 Ezek 18:11-12 Ezek 18:15

Ezekiel 33:27²⁷“This is what you must say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 13:6 Jer 42:22 Ezek 39:4 1 Sam 22:1 1 Sam 23:14 1 Sam 24:3 Ezek 33:24 Ezek 5:12-17 Ezek 6:11-14 Isa 2:19

Ezekiel 33:28²⁸I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 7:24 Ezek 24:21 Ezek 6:14 Jer 44:2 Jer 44:22 Jer 44:6 Mic 7:13 2 Chr 36:21 Ezek 12:20 Ezek 15:8

Ezekiel 33:29²⁹Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 6:7 2 Chr 36:14-17 2 Kgs 17:9-18 Exod 14:18 Ezek 22:2-15 Ezek 22:25-31 Ezek 23:49 Ezek 25:11 Ezek 36:17-18 Ezek 6:11

Ezekiel 33:30³⁰“But as for you, son of man, your people (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, ‘Come hear the word that comes from the Lord.’Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 29:13 Isa 58:2 Jer 23:35 Matt 15:8 Matt 22:16-17 Jer 11:18-19 Jer 18:18 Jer 42:1-6 Jer 42:20

Ezekiel 33:31³¹They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Matt 13:22 Ps 78:36-37 Jas 1:22-24 Isa 29:13 Luke 11:28 Jas 2:14-16 Ezek 8:1 Jer 44:16 Luke 6:48-49 1 John 3:17-18

Ezekiel 33:32³²Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Mark 6:20 John 5:35 Mark 4:16-17

Ezekiel 33:33³³When all this comes true—and it certainly will —then they will know that a prophet was among them.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 28:9 1 Sam 3:19-20 Ezek 2:5 2 Kgs 5:8 Ezek 33:29 Luke 10:11

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